Flying-boat



L. D. REED.

FLYING BOAT. APPLICATION FILE D 00?.4. 1919.

Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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L. D. REED.

FLYING BOAT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 4, l9l9.

- Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

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UNETED STATJELd nur ef r s irw E i trainin LUKE D. REED, OF BURNHABI, ILLINOIS.

FLYING-Boer.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUKE D. REED, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burnham, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flying-Boats, of

flying machines in which the planes have a greater sustaining capacity, and in which the control is simpler, more direct, and more effective than on ordinary aeroplanes.

A further object is to provide a flying boat in which the aerofoils extend longitudinally of the boat instead of projecting laterally therefrom, thus making the flying machine more compact and permitting them to be more thoroughly braced and supported against strain than is possible where the planes extend laterally outward; I

A further object is to provide a flying machine of this character which may be more easily landed than with the ordinary flying boat, and which may be reversed.

Other objects will'appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a flying machine constructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a front elevation thereof;

Figure?) is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Figure l is a fragmentary top plan view, partly broken away, of the rear end of the machine.

Referring to the drawings, 10 designates have also shown landing wheels 13 operatively supported upon the hull of the boat adjacent the forward end thereof and a tail skid 14 at the rear end of the hull. All of Specification of Letters Patent.

these parts may be of any'suitable construc liie body of the boat is formed prefer- Patented Nov. 29, 1921.

Application filed. Octobert, 1919. Serial No. 328,446.

ably with a plurality of planes or aerofoils,

shown as three in number, and designated 15, 1G and 17.

the full length of the hull and the full length of the plane 15. These planes 15, 16

The plane 15 is disposed above the top of the hull and has a length nearly that of the hull itself and extends and 17 are braced from each other by the outer struts 18 and the plane 15 is supported adjacent its middle by the struts 19 which extend upward from the hull. Flyingwires, incidence wires, and the usual drift wires connect the several planes to the hull in the usual manner. The particular position of these drift and incidence wires form no part of my invention. These wires will, of course,

planes corresponding to the ailerons found on ordinary aeroplanes, and designated 20. These controlling planes are relatively long, though shorter than the planes 16 and 17, and are pivotally mounted at their middles, as at'21, on shafts extending into the hull of the boat. These shafts are connected to suitable controlling mechanism disposed within the boat whereby the inclination of these planes 20 may be. changed. Prefer ably, the shaft 21 will be operatively connected to controlling levers 22 operating over suitable toothed racks 23. The rudder 12 may be controlled by operating wires 24, in turn connected to suitable controlling levers 25 disposed within the hull of the boat and operating over racks 26.

I do not wish to be limited to the use of a forward tractor propeller, as the propeller might be located at the rear end of the boat or the boat might be provided with two propellers, one at its rearward end and one at its forward end, and reversing mechanism might be provided for reversing the rotation of the propellers to cause the boat to travel in either direction. 7

The advantages of my construction are due to the fact that while the plan-es have a relatively great area, they do not project laterally of the boat to as great an extent as in the ordinary plane but extend longitudinally of the boat. This eliminates the strains to which the usual aerofoils are subjected I and permits of a lighter and stronger construction of the aerofoils and the bracing connections. The uppermost plane 15 is the balance plane. The air passing between the several planes 15, 16 and 17 hugs the boat, giving the planes more reupside down.

A; flying boat constructed in accordance with my invention will be particularly sistance and a greater load capacity. It will be noted that the wings or ailerons 20 .or control planes, when they are shifted to carry the forward ends of the planes 2O upward causes the air to exert a lifting force upon the forward end of the machine and'causing this air to be forceddownward against the rear end of the planes 17, thus turning the nose of the machine upward and at thesame time exerting a downward force on the tail of the machine. Vice versa, when the controlling planes 20 are turned with their forward end upward, the air is forced upward against the rear portions of the planes 16 and the air exerts a downward pressure upon the forward portions of the controlling planes 20, thus causing the boat to dive. Of course, the two con trolling planes are operated independently of each other so that the machine may be banked on'turns. The planes are so spaced that the machine will not turn over or fly steady, may be readily and directly controlled, and by reversing the engine, a relatively slow landing will be made. Of course, the planes will be given suitable camber and will have a suitable incidence angle. The planes are illustrated diagrammatically.

I claim a 1. A flying machine comprising a body having a propeller at one end, a balance plane disposed above the body and operatively connected thereto and extending approximately the full length of the body, a plurality of planes disposed below the balance plane and extending laterally from the body, all. of said planes having a length parallel to the axis of the body greater than the width ofthe planes transverse to the axis, and elevating planes extending longitudinally parallel to the axis of the body and disposed between a pair of main planes and having a length greater than the distance between the adjacent planes but less in length than the length of said planes,

' and means for controlling the position of said elevating planes.

scribed having a boat-shaped body, a propeller at one end of the body, a balancing plane disposed above and extending across the body and extending longitudinally nearly the whole length of the body, said plane havinga greater dimension from front to rear than laterally, a plurality of planes extending laterally from the body and dis- 3OSCl in spaced relation and having a length nearly equal to the length of the body and width less than their length, struts bracing, the planes from each other, and a pair of controlling planes pivotally mountedbetween a pair of the planes extending'from the body and having a length greater than the distance between said adjacent planes but less than the length of said planes, said controlling planes extending equally on each side of the pivotal axis, and means for turning the controlling planes 7 to change their angle of inclination.

3. In aflying machine, a body, upper and flying machine of the'character delower lanes mounted u on the bod and having a length parallel to the body greater than the width of said planes at right angles to the body, and elevating planes disposed, one on each side of the body and between said first named planes, said elevating planes being pivotally mounted midway of the length of the first named planes and having a length greater than the distance between said first named planes but less than the length of the first named planes.

4; A flying machine of the character described having a boat-shaped body, planes extending laterally from the hull of the boat-shaped body adjacent the upper face thereof, planes extending laterally from the boat-shaped body below the first named plane, a balancing plane disposed above the boat-shaped body, all of said planes having a length parallel to the bod greater than. the width at right angles to t e body, a propeller mounted upon the body, and elevat- 'ing planes disposed between each pair of first named planes and on each side of the boat-shaped body.

in testimony whereof I hereunto 'aiiix my signature. e

LUKE B. REED. 

